An interesting posting on why one journalist — I know, there are many — thinks the rest of us should understand Twitter at the very least and get onto it. The CBC’s John Gushue links us back to the reasons Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger believes in Twitter.
Just wondering: Did anyone else out there confuse today’s Globe with a Loblaws flyer? And is it just coincidence the dominant colour is the same one in the front-page ad?
The facts are unclear but it appears a Reuters journalist has died bringing the truth to us all. When does it end?
Do we need to bring back science beats? Take a look at this article, that addresses the notion more science coverage would lead to better climate-related policies — or would it?
Sorry, missed this one on Friday but it appears Christie Blatchford has angered at least a few folks with her new book. Members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Anti-Racist Action apparently didn’t want her to speak on Nov. 12 as part of a tour promoting her new book on the land-rights conflict between the Ontario government and…
Kalle Lasn asks why in today’s National Post. Read the J-Source story that examines the issue.
Thanks to Deb Jones for sending this. UBC law and journalism schools partner to investigate wrongful convictions Canada’s first journalism-law student partnership on wrongful convictions has been launched at the University of British Columbia, with graduate journalism students and law students investigating miscarriages of justice in B.C. Priority will be given to the more than…
I remember being warned by an assistant city editor once to never even call a story file by anything I wouldn’t want to see entered into evidence in a libel trial. Knowing that, and knowing how journalists have a macabre sense of humour, I found this interesting. Broadcast journalists caught talking about a candidate’s supporters including…
Kirk LaPointe is leaving the Vancouver Sun to become the new CBC ombudsman. Here’s a link where he explains his new job.
Toronto freelance journalist, Nick Fillmore, has looked at the revamped Globe and Mail for a piece he’s written that appears on a website for social change. While he’s found coverage has improved in some areas, he fears its credibility and legacy as the ‘paper of record’ may be damaged due to it’s “apparent lack of…